Never one to think small, Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal doesn’t see one or two belts in his near future; he wants to hold three titles by the end of 2013.

“I’m gonna have three belts: the TNA belt, the (Bellator) heavyweight belt and the light-heavyweight belt,” Lawal told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) this past week.

“I ain’t waiting for nothing. I’m trying to make stuff happen. I’m trying to win that 205(-pound) division, win a couple of fights there, and then hopefully get two belts. I’m trying to do big things. I just want to fight whenever and get paid.”

The former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion was his usual colorful self as he joked with host “Gorgeous” George Garcia about unusual dance moves going on in Dallas, whom he’d like to have as a tag-team partner and who will win the fight of the year.

But first the 31-year-old discussed the details surrounding his unique deal with the Spike TV family that could make him a two-sport/entertainment star. Lawal (8-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) will spilt time between the Bellator cage and TNA Impact Wrestling ring over the course of the next calendar year.

“I feel like I’m the MMA Harriet Tubman in a sense,” Lawal saod. “I lead people to figure out ways where they can do two things of entertainment. Let’s be real: MMA is entertainment. It’s a sport, but it’s more entertainment to a certain extent.”

“Now I can branch out and do my own thing and be happy. I ain’t got to worry about somebody getting mad because I’m doing something.”

Strikeforce released Lawal in March after he criticized a Nevada State Athletic Commission representative following his March 27 hearing. There, he answered for a failed drug test from a January Strikeforce bout with Lorenz Larkin.

While it briefly appeared that Zuffa, Strikeforce’s parent company, might keep Lawal within the organization, the Tennessee native knew there was no looking back when Spike TV offered the first-of-its-kind deal to perform on two entertainment platforms.

“After I got released I got hit up, and they said they (Bellator) were interested,” Lawal said. “‘We’re going to call you in two days. We got something big to tell you, something big to offer you.’ So I said, ‘All right. Let me see what it is.’ I didn’t know much about Bellator.

“When they called me, they had (TNA Entertainment president) Dixie Carter on the phone. I was like, ‘Hold up. I kind of like the sound of where this is going.’ Then when they threw it at me. I was like, ‘Let’s sign this now.'”

The deal was done a couple of days later in May, but Lawal — who is on the mend following a recent ACL surgery and staph infection — won’t be able to get back into fighting either in the cage or on the canvas until later this summer or fall.

“I’m about two months away from going to Ohio Valley (TNA’s developmental wrestling organization based in Louisville, Ky.),” he said. “My knee should be 95 to 100 percent by then. Then I’ll start (MMA) training again. I’m going to start hitting mitts next week. But I’m going to take my time with it and not do anything stupid.”

While the outspoken Lawal was easily one of Strikeforce’s top draws, he admitted he would have to start over a bit in rebuilding his name in both TNA and Bellator.

“I’m going to put in work,” Lawal said. “It’s like all sports. You can’t just jump in and expect to be the top dog like Brock (Lesnar). You have to work your way up to get into the spotlight.”

The former NCAA Division I wrestling All-American said he has equally high expectations for a run at Bellator’s season-eight light-heavyweight tournament, which will begin in 2013 shortly after the promotion moves from MTV2 to Spike TV.

“I’m going be in that light-heavyweight tourney, and I’m going to win it and get that belt in 2013,” Lawal said. “I’m just waiting to see who wins. Then I know what I’m going do: go beat them.”

Lawal then talked about an upcoming training trip with wrestling legend Booker T, and how he’d like to recruit a former rival to be his tag-team partner.

“We’re done with the beef,” Lawal said of him and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s war of words awhile back. “I want him to come to TNA and be my tag-team partner. We could be the new ‘Harlem Heat’ or something. Either him or Roy Nelson. Nelson could bring the country (aspect).”

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